Rivet-ing
Insomniac Games’Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apartdebuted at the top of the UK Charts this week. While not the biggestRatchet & Clanklaunch to date (that honor goes to 2016’s budget-priced, PS4 remake), the fantastic, high-tech sequel is now the second-biggest PS5 physical launch since the console’s release, sitting just behind Insomniac’s ownSpider-Man: Miles Morales.
Elsewhere in the charts, Torn Banner’s riotousChivalry IIalso had a successful physical launch, with the medieval melee fighter landing at number nine. The remainder of the Top Ten is filled out with mainstay titles such as Capcom’sResident Evil Villageand Nintendo’sAnimal Crossing: New Horizons,Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, andMinecraft. Arc System Works’ sexy fighterGuilty Gear Strivehad a more modest physical launch, however, debuting at a lofty number 26, (ArcSys has noted thatGG Strivehas hitan overall milestoneof 300,000 shipments and digital sales.)
The spring run of major releases is mostly complete, with only a few stragglers, (such as Bandai Namco’sScarlet Nexus) still to come. While the road seems clear forRatchet & Clank: Rift Apartto have a run at the top of the charts, the subdued amount of PS5 hardware available to the UK suggests that almost everyone who wants a copy of the cutesy adventure now has one. Square Enix’Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergradeis a likely contender for next week’s throne.
U.K. video game sales chartw/e: July 29, 2025(Chart reflects in-store physical sales only)
1.Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart– Sony Interactive Entertainment2.FIFA 21– Electronic Arts3.Mario Kart 8 Deluxe– Nintendo4.Animal Crossing: New Horizons– Nintendo5.Spider-Man: Miles Morales– Sony Interactive Entertainment6.Assassin’s Creed Valhalla– Ubisoft7.Minecraft– Nintendo8.Resident Evil Village– Capcom9.Chivalry II– Deep Silver10.Miitopia– Nintendo
